§ 31. Sir Anthony Meyerasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department which categories of remand prisoners are put in category A.
§ Mr. HurdAn unconvicted prisoner is placed provisionally in category A if it is considered that the prisoner would be highly dangerous to the public, the police or the security of the state should he or she escape. A prisoner's security category is not determined formally until after he or she has been sentenced.